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Modern airtight homes can expose inhabitants to harmful levels of pollutants unless they are properly ventilated, experts have found. Specialists at the Mackintosh Environmental Research Unit (MEARU) at the Glasgow School of Art found that modern homes can causes a build-up of harmful chemicals and

Knight Property Group and M&G Real Estate have celebrated the completion of The Capitol office development in Aberdeen. At the grand opening of the building last week, guests were greeted to one last cinematic experience before the building begins operating as an office.

Glasgow pub to make way for flats Developer Scotia House and CRGP architects have tabled plans to build 24 flats in a second phase of development off Glasgow’s Paisley Road West.

A retired Navy search-and-rescue helicopter is to be turned into a holiday home in Stirlingshire. Farmer Martyn Steedman bought the Sea King helicopter in an online auction for £7,000 and decided turn it into “glamping” accommodation.

CGI of pitch and stand at Raeburn Place Construction companies in the Edinburgh area are being urged to apply early if they are to share in a £110 million boom of work in the city.

About 70 scaffolders and labourers began two days of industrial action today at a Glasgow waste-to-energy plant in a long-running pay parity dispute. The workers, who are members of the Unite union, are employed by Interserve Industrial Services.

Northern Ireland-based architectural and structural steelwork contractor McGrath Bros (Engineering) Group has gone into liquidation with the loss of 171 jobs. Founded in 1981, the firm operated from a head office in Lisburn, with a London office in Tottenham handling a large order book in England an

Plans have been lodged with Aberdeen City Council to demolish a church hall to make way for 20 new apartments. The existing building at 116 Rosemount Place, which consists of a dental surgery on the ground floor, an office on the first floor and a health spa to the rear, is to be altered and extende

Julie Scott-Gilroy Providing clients with estimates is an established practice in the industry. This is for good reason. It can be difficult to price works accurately from the outset, but clients are unlikely to instruct works without some idea of the price. Therefore, contractors have long been pro

The Robertson team at the National Site Awards Robertson Group has won a hat-trick of awards at a leading industry ceremony.

Work on a new £20 million four-star hotel in Edinburgh’s Old Town began in earnest today. The 98 room boutique hotel is the first venture in Edinburgh by European operator, the Carlton Hotel Collection, and is being delivered in partnership with The EDI Group Ltd.

Proposals for up to 200 new homes to go on show in Craigmillar Craigmillar residents are being invited to find out more about The EDI Group’s plans to build up to 200 new homes as part of its emerging masterplan for Greendykes South.

A Marks and Spencer delivery lorry has been transformed into a £10,000 home featuring two bedrooms and two bathrooms. The man behind the lorry, which also comes with a bath, sliding patio doors and a lift, has lived in it for two years.

Doubt has arisen over the £850 million redevelopment of the St James Centre in Edinburgh following a legal challenge over ownership of the site. Work is due to start on the project next month to create a new St James Quarter with shops, hotels, leisure complex and apartments.

The former Stow College The Glasgow School Art (GSA) has announced major plans for its campus on Garnethill and the acquisition of the former Stow College.